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Growing interest in watching and identifying dragonflies and damselflies has sharpened the need for an authoritative resource likeDragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon,a definitive field guide devoted solely to dragonflies and damselflies found in the state. Cary Kerst and Steve Gordon include information on identification, as well as biology and behavior, using common terms useful to the novice and experienced enthusiast alike. The book features stunning color photographs of male and female of all species currently known in Oregon, along with helpful illustrations and charts with important identification characteristics. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregonpresents the life cycle and larval habits of dragonflies and damselflies, along with photographs of the larvae of families. The Oregon range for each species is mapped, and the size range of adults is provided in text and illustration. The book also includes a description of the best sites in Oregon to observe these amazing insects, a useful tool for viewing uncommon species in spectacular settings. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregonis an essential reference for Odonatists, entomologists, birders, butterfly watchers, fishermen, wetland experts, naturalists, gardeners, artists, photographers, and all outdoor enthusiasts. *91 species descriptions, with ID charts * Full-color photographs of all species known in Oregon, with illustrations and charts * Description of 30 best locations in Oregon to observe dragonflies * Useful appendices and index

Are your players crushing your carefully constructed encounters or overcoming your mightiest villains with ease? The Total Party Kill Handbook - Volume 2 is here to remind overconfident heroes that you are a DM to be feared. Within its pages you will find encounters all types, ranging from simple 1st-level adventures to unstoppable gauntlets of death. Fully compatible with the 5th Edition of the world''s greatest roleplaying game, and ready to run on a moment''s notice, this book gives DMs the tools necessary to bring a challenging, satisfying, and extremely dangerous experience to your game table.With twenty-five encounters, scalable difficulty adjustments, and detailed tactics, you will find yourself running these devious and difficult encounters over and over again. Masterfully deliver on a balanced and challenging game session that your players will never forget. With your brains and the Handbook''s brawn, your players will be on the edge of their seats, praying for a lady luck to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.Detailed at the book''s conclusion, the Hazard Workshop awaits you - a plethora of hazards and the means to create them. This workshop for building unique and deadly environments ensures players will never call your content "easy" again. If you cackled manically at the content found within this book, you may also enjoy its predecessor - the Total Party Kill Handbook - Volume 1, similarly guaranteed to add to your game''s body count.To you players, remember - the sting of defeat makes hard-earned victory all the sweeter¿

The Total Party Kill Primer contains three ready-to-play encounters designed to test fifth edition adventurers to their limits. Each encounter includes scaling suggestions to adapt them to parties of differing strength and experience.

This book is an unauthorized summary and literary criticism of the plot and characters of George R.R. Martin Book "A Storm of Swords", with a detailed chapter by chapter analysis. It is written humorously, but covers a lot of serious topics.A small sampling of the questions and issues which will be addressed:Did Margaery know of the plan to have Joffrey killed?How did Jeyne Westerling seduce Robb?The real reason why Jaime''s hand was cut off.Why are Unsullied called Unsullied?Why does Melisandre say that Davos works for R''hllor?What happened to Craster''s 18 wives left behind?Do the zombies snack on Craster''s babies like Doritos?Why does R''hllor keep reviving Beric?The real reason the Hound hates knights.Why has Prince Oberyn waited so long to get justice for his murdered sister Elia?How can brainwashed Unsullied really make the choice to work for Dany?Why did Jaime give Brienne his highly valuable Valyrian sword?What was fundamentally wrong with the surprise appearance of the Small Paul Zombie?How does one become a zombie?The real reason why Tywin didn''t want Tyrion having sex with whores.

The three Articles that comprise this Dissertation explore how free expression and judicial federalism regulate hurtful speech and promised silence. The Articles tackle torts and free speech, contracts and free speech, and a comparative variation on those two themes. Judicial federalism threads all three Articles. The first Article, Silencing State Courts, argues that the current mode of enforcing the First Amendment against state common law speech torts fails to promote cooperative judicial federalism. Second, Silence for Sale argues that state courts should free themselves from constitutional straitjackets and recognize a robust public policy of free expression that voids some nondisclosure agreements. Finally, Comparative Judicial Federalism argues that the strength of a federal free speech guarantee varies with a country''s particular species of judicial federalism. By comparing free speech and judicial federalism in the United States and Australia, it argues that Australia’s judicial federalism augments its implied freedom of political communication.

One of the most challenging problems in the field of information science is developing effective retrieval interfaces for digital libraries. Solutions to this problem must provide interfaces that mediate between the retrieval needs of library users and any available collection materials in an intelligent and tractable manner. The majority of research in this area has focused on the development of information retrieval systems that attempt to match users textual queries to library records. An alternative approach is to build retrieval interfaces that allow users to direct their own searches by browsing through an organization of a library''s materials. This dissertation specifies the design characteristics of browsing-based retrieval interfaces for digital libraries. This design has been implemented in Deja vu, a computer program that solves the retrieval problem in the following ways. First, rather than browsing through library materials directly, users of Deja vu browse through an organization of the thesaurus terms that library archivists have used to index collection materials. Second, a tight integration between thesaurus terms and library records allows Deja vu to provide information about the availability of materials in a collection throughout the browsing process. Third, Deja vu provides a rich browsing space to users by utilizing new knowledge structures called Expectation Packages. Expectation Packages cluster sets of terms from a thesaurus into fully interconnected groups, forming simplified cognitive science knowledge representations. By creating a set of these Expectation Packages for a particular thesaurus, developers can efficiently create a rich browsing space that reflects the knowledge that is common to the intended users of a digital library. A full set of Expectation Packages were developed for one thesaurus which is used by many photographic libraries. Deja vu was then evaluated in the context of its use as a retrieval interface for large digital collections.

Hello Girls, This Journal Interior Features: Perfect size for Journal : 8.5 × 11 IN / 21.59 × 27.94 CM. 120 pages. Light Black lines. Double-sided. Non-perforated. Colourful and beautiful design. If you like this Journal, please, don''t hesitate to put a comment below. Thank you so much from all my heart ❤️

This book is an unauthorized summary and literary criticism of the plot and characters of George R.R. Martin''s novel "A Clash of Kings", with a detailed chapter by chapter analysis. It is written humorously, but covers a lot of serious topics. It is written in an accessible way--I don''t inundate you with hundreds of character names, I focus on the essential ones.A sampling of the questions which will be addressed:Why did the Hound say it was bad luck to kill someone on their birthday?How easy is it to murder someone by getting them drunk during boar hunting?Why did Stannis switch gods?Why doesn''t Stannis cut off Salladhor Saan''s fingers?How does the raven post office system work?Why doesn''t Tyrion have Littlefinger arrested for falsely accusing him of murder?Why does the Hound like being called the Hound?Why is urinating called "making water"?Are Craster''s babies free range or cage raised before being fed to zombie diners?What does it mean when Craster''s wife "licks her lips"?Why does Theon''s sister Asha squeeze his cock repeatedly?Why did Renly offer Stannis a peach?Why does Jaime admit to Catelyn that he is Joffrey''s father?Why would Cersei order her own execution?What did Dany learn from the warlocks of Qarth?How does Cersei try to kill Tyrion?Why did the Hound cry when Sansa sang him a lame girly song?

This book is an unauthorized summary and literary criticism of the plot and characters of George R.R. Martin''s novel "A Dance With Dragons", with a detailed chapter by chapter analysis. It is written humorously, but covers a lot of serious topics.We don''t cover the hundreds and hundreds of character names, we focus on the central characters and central events of the story, to give you a fighting chance to understand what is going on.A sampling of the questions which will be addressed:Does Tyrion really expect to find Shae by asking "where whores go"?How did Brown Ben Plumm expect that Tyrion would be able to pay him?Was it a good idea for Daenerys to spread the plague in Meereen?Why would Littlefinger pick Jeyne Poole to play the part of Arya?How did blind Arya know that it was the Kindly Man who had been beating her with a stick?Did Theon have his cock cut off?Why does Tyrion''s slave overseer call Tyrion his child?Why did Tyrion repeatedly rescue Jorah Mormont?Why does Martin like facial disfigurement so much?Why did Dany choose Daario to be a Yunkai hostage?Why doesn''t Theon tell Abel that Arya is really Jeyne Poole?Who killed Little Walder?Did Ramsay Bolton make Arya have sex with a dog?Why didn''t Tyrion reveal himself to Dany in the arena?Why is this book called "A Dance with Dragons?"How many people did Arya kill in this book?Why is Stannis stuck in the snow when no one else is?Why didn''t Jon Connington cut off his greyscale fingers?Why does Roose Bolton not mind if Ramsay kills his kids?

This paper attempts to describe the religious and civil religious discourse used by presidents during their inaugural addresses and State of the Union speeches, overlooked in the literature. This deductive, plausibility probe categorizes different words into different categories. It begins by offering definitions of religion and civil religion, separating interested words into either religious or civil religious categories, and then further attempts to subcategorize relevant words into groups that may explain a possible usage for their choice in the speech. From these subcategories, possible hypotheses were developed for future research. From the study, results show that religious and civil religious discourse is used for several purposes (ties to history, links to a common heritage, creating a common belief, policy objectives). This paper also presents limitations with the study and directions for future research into political discourse regarding religious and civil religious usage.

Stargate SG-1 was two different shows in one. There were episodes where SG-1 fought the Guauld, or replicators, or the Ori, in giant battles. The show often had tremendously creative ideas about blowing up suns or travels to other galaxies or interdimensional or parallel dimension travel. Jack O''Neill''s dry wit was very funny; Samantha Carter''s expressions were very vivid; Daniel had a great wit of his own and was a good companion for Jack, and Teal''c was very funny in his own subtle way. A lot of the episodes were very exciting and well written.But there were also episodes that were not so exciting and well written, those focusing on small children, Unases, natural disasters, or "let us search warehouses on Earth" episodes, to name a few.The purpose of this book is to show how the lesser stories could have been improved, as well as how the good stories could have been even better.

Stargate SG-1 was two different shows in one. There were episodes where SG-1 fought the Guauld, or replicators, or the Ori, in giant battles. The show often had tremendously creative ideas about blowing up suns or travels to other galaxies or interdimensional or parallel dimension travel. Jack O''Neill''s dry wit was very funny; Samantha Carter''s expressions were very vivid; Daniel had a great wit of his own and was a good companion for Jack, and Teal''c was very funny in his own subtle way. A lot of the episodes were very exciting and well written.But there were also episodes that were not so exciting and well written, those focusing on small children, Unases, natural disasters, or "let us search warehouses on Earth" episodes, to name a few.The purpose of this book is to show how the lesser stories could have been improved, as well as how the good stories could have been even better.

This Journal Features: Perfect size for Notebook & Journal : 8.5 × 11 IN / 21.59 × 27.94 CM. 120 pages. Light Black lines. Double-sided. Non-perforated. With a simple and an elegant design. If you like this journal, please, don''t hesitate to put a comment below. Thank you so much from all my heart ❤️

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Have you ever wanted to write an epic fantasy novel like Game of Thrones? Well, you can. Studying George R.R. Martin''s epic Game of Thrones novels can be an intimidating task, so I have undertaken to do it for you. I have gone through the thousands of pages of the Game of Thrones novels to distill important lessons to follow, and, equally important, lessons not to follow for writing an epic work of fiction. This book is written in easy to understand prose with tips you can use to write great fiction.

Star Trek: Enterprise was really the story of two different television shows. The first featured super-moral characters who could spend much of an episode talking about Malcolm Reed''s favorite food or writing letters to school children back home, still leaving time to solve an important ethical issue that was vexing the captain.After two seasons of this, the ratings did not reward the show quite as much as producers would have hoped, so Enterprise became that second, very different kind of television show. The ship was given a life or death mission, the characters became serious, and antagonists suddenly appeared. Gone were the episodes full of moral masturbation, and in every episode Captain Archer seemed to compete with himself to become even tougher than in the previous one. The third season was one long story arc, and for the most part was quite a good one.The fourth season was a mixture of the first and the third, sometimes relying on the standard morality plays, and sometimes harkening back to the action and adventure of the third season.The purpose of this book is twofold: (1) to show how the weaker episodes could have become good episodes, and (2) to show how the good episodes could have become great episodes, by analyzing the plots and characterizations in each episode.

POWER-Solving®: Stepping Stones to Solving Life''s Everyday Social Problems is a social emotional learning curriculum designed to teach children and adolescents to become independent problem-solvers via a hands-on, user-friendly, positive-practice, interactive approach. Through the use of child- and adolescent-friendly, engaging materials, which rely heavily on visual cues and supports, participants gain the "tools" necessary to successfully problem-solve. They are taught how to problem-solve first using their "toolbox" (i.e., the five steps of POWER-Solving®). Subsequently, they can apply this "toolbox" to various challenging social situations, which allows them to develop and enhance their social-emotional skills. The goal is for children and adolescents to learn valuable POWER-Solving® skills that they can apply to an infinite number of social situations throughout their lives. This is the French version of the Facilitator''s Guide. The materials are translated and modified from the original English version.